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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Make: Black Beauty-ful Bookends

I love ceramics. I love to find them, and repaint them; it makes me so happy. So you can imagine the joy I felt when I happened upon these wonderful ceramic horse head bookends at a local thrift store.

Meet the original ceramic book ends. These might have fit quite nicely into the room Catherine and I shared, with the unicorn wall paper, but even then the pale blue mane might have clashed with the shade of pink dressing our walls.

I wasn't too thrilled with Pegasus-head bookends, but I adored the shape and the only set of bookends I own presently are Harry Potter, and those actually belong to Ben.

So it was natural that I went right to Black Beauty, and decided to make lovely literal bookends.

Several times throughout the process they looked like soul-less beasts, but it was only temporary.

I wanted to add a little extra kick to them and decided to cover the back with fabric. Another great use for the stack that Mom sent home with me in August! I'm totally on a roll!

To adhere the fabric I just used some basic craft glue and water, and painted it on similar to how you would handle a lovely sheet of wallpaper.

Then I set it out in the hot summer sun to dry, and let me assure you it dried quickly.

And there you have it, my new Black Beauty-ful bookends. Sadly I don't actually have a copy of the book yet, but I will certainly make it a priority next time I visit my local used book shop. Maybe I can even find the embroidered copy of Black Beauty from Penguin!